So I was getting out of my truck after pulling into my apartment complex today (decent neighborhood). All the parking spots directly in front of my building were taken so I had to park across the street. Anyway, I see this shady looking lincoln sitting a couple spots away on the other side of the street. Real beat up, looked out of place. The windows were down a crack and you could see some puffs of cig smoke coming out. I didn't really give it a second thought. I started to cross when out of the corner of my eye, I see some strobe lights (or so I thought) and then three cop cars come squeeling around the corner. I'm kinda standing there like a deer in headlights when the sound of another car to my left peels out. I look over and it's the lincoln, but before it can drive away, a couple of cop cars pull around the other corner and block him in. Long story short, three guys bust open the doors of the lincoln and start waving guns at the cop cars. Without really thinking, I'm like "screw this" and I dive into the bed of my Tacoma. The cops are on their bull horns telling these guys to drop their weapons. Then all hell breaks loose. I wasn't about to stick my head up and see who fired the first shot, but needless to say, two minutes later, the only thing I hear are the footsteps of the cops as they pass by my truck radioing that they need an ambulance for some suspects and something about an officer taking a round to his shoulder. Figureing this was an appropiate time to say something. I yell "Don't shoot, I wasn't involved! I'm in the truck bed!" Two cops come over and I thought they were going to cuff me, but then one of them says "He's telling the truth, I saw him dive into that bed when we pulled up." They got my statement and my info and let me go into my apartment. It took them about six hours to get everything cleaned up (I kept peaking out the apartment window). I dont know what happend to the guys in the lincoln. An ambulence did show up but so did some guys with black bags. That was earlier, so about an hour ago, I go out with my maglight to see if by chance the truck faired as well as I did. I found two holes in the tailgate and three in the left side of the bed! No holes inside! There were two dimples on the inside of the tailgate though, but very hard to see. I found one blunted slug by my tire. I can only guess the angle was so extreme, that it ended up glancing off the bed after penetrating the metal outside. Who knows where the other two ended up. I figure the two in the tailgate are still in there and that I'll hear them rattleing around one of these days. I called the officer who took my statement and he said he'll have someone out Monday to take a look at the damage (for a report to my insurance company), collect the slug I found, and look for more. He was really impressed and told me it made sense since the bed was composite. He figured it was the same idea behind a bullet proof vest or something. He also said the angle of the shot really helped. I asked him if the rounds could of come from the good guys and he told me the cops on the other side of the lincoln were radioed and told to get into defensive positions away from the line of fire of the cops on my side and not to fire (to prevent crossfire). That answer was good enough for me. We hung up, I cracked open a black-cherry vanilla coke and sat down at the computer. The End, composite bed saved my life, what more can I say?
"You need to look at everybody here as if they're trying to kill you, but you can't treat them that way. Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet." - Major General J. Mattis, 1st Marine Division
What are you talking about? This is the only April Fools post I've seen on here. BTW, April Fools for what it's worth. I knew the whole story would fall apart at the black-cherry vanilla coke. Everyone knows it doesn't come in a can yet, only 2 liters.
What are you talking about? This is the only April Fools post I've seen on here. BTW, April Fools for what it's worth. I knew the whole story would fall apart at the black-cherry vanilla coke. Everyone knows it doesn't come in a can yet, only 2 liters.
I tried it in a 20oz bottle....it sucks ***.
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Chad M. Germer
ASE Master Technician
'05 Tacoma DC, ToyTec, 285 BFG A/T's
Well, I really like Black Cherry Vanilla Coke. It's better than anything that the Evil (Blue) Empire (Pepsi, P word, crap in a can) has put out. (With the posible exception of Code Red Mountain Dew.)
Just remember, always take the RED. Neo did in The Matrix.
And for the network manager types, Novell (the red "N") the best (non-Unix) network operating system is far better that the evil (blue) empire of Windows and Darth Bill (Gates)
And since we have deviated to the Star Wars genre, The Alliance was RED and the evil Empire was Blue. Can you see any trends here?
RED = GOOD
Blue = EVIL
What was the topic again?
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Marc Greening
2005 Tacoma Prerunner QuadCab
More Uses for Composite Bed
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